#18121: Patch Cython with PyTypeObject members
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       Reporter:  jdemeyer           |        Owner:
           Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major              |    Milestone:  sage-6.6
      Component:  packages:          |   Resolution:
  standard                           |    Merged in:
       Keywords:  sd66               |    Reviewers:
        Authors:  Jeroen Demeyer     |  Work issues:
Report Upstream:  Fixed upstream,    |       Commit:
  but not in a stable release.       |  77e38d28e608521c7a79decf16bfb3f09b089737
         Branch:                     |     Stopgaps:
  u/jdemeyer/patch_cython_with_pytypeobject_members|
   Dependencies:                     |
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Comment (by vdelecroix):

 Replying to [comment:20 nbruin]:
 > Replying to [comment:19 vdelecroix]:
 > > Could you explain to me the reason of declaring
 > > {{{
 > >     int PyList_SetItem(object list, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject * item)
 except -1
 > > }}}
 > > and not use the `PyList_SetItem` from `cpython.lists` declared as
 `(object,Py_ssize_t,object)`? It would also be cool to add a comment if it
 is important to keep as such.
 >
 > See its use in `extract_*` functions. It's handling `PyObject*` there
 and a cast to `object` would generate an INCREF (which is really not what
 you want to do in code that's just deleting things). This ticket doesn't
 affect that code.

 @Nils: then do you think Cython is wrong here?

 > > In `sage/structure/coerce_dict.pyx`, couldn't you get rid of
 > > {{{
 > > cdef extern from "Python.h":
 > >     PyObject* PyWeakref_GetObject(object r)
 > > }}}
 > > It is in `cpython.weakref`.
 >
 > So it is now! I don't think it was before.

 @Jeroen: could this be done here?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/18121#comment:25>
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